title: [Fournier's Gangrene: a fifteen-year survey. Three cases treated by aggressive surgical management].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze our data with regard to the treatment of Fournier's Gangrene, a necrotizing subcutaneous infection of the male genitalia. This disease needs a pharmacological antibiotic and surgical treatment. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is useful too.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our case record of fifteen years consists of 23 male patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The present article describes the last three cases that required an aggressive surgical management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We have observed a probable worsening of the prognosis of Fournier's Gangrene related to a possible increase of drug resistance.
authors.affiliation: Struttura Complessa di Urologia, Ospedale San Bartolomeo di Sarzana, La Spezia - Italy. adgebs@virgilio.it
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Repetto
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donelli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013997:Time Factors